#3E8DAA#3E8DAA

#3E8DAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.088 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E8DAA
RGB	rgb(62, 141, 170)
HSL	hsl(196, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 17.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, -15.09, -22.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 27.07, 236.12°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% -0.062 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.088 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.7643, 22.9742, 41.4680)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E8DAA #AA5B3E

analogous

#3EAA91 #3E8DAA #3E57AA

triadic

#3E8DAA #AA3E8D #8DAA3E

tetradic

#3E8DAA #913EAA #AA5B3E #57AA3E

square

#3E8DAA #913EAA #AA5B3E #57AA3E

split-complementary

#3E8DAA #AA3E57 #AA913E

monochromatic

#1D4350 #2E687D #3E8DAA #60AAC5 #8DC2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#3E8DAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#3E8DAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E8DAA

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E8DAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E8DAA	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8AAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7FAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e8daa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 141, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.088 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7faec3',
    500: '#3e8daa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e8daa;
$custom-light: #7faec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e8daa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.111,
    "s": 46.552,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60627,
    "c": 0.08821,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E8DAA

secondary

#C09484

accent

#7552D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E8DAA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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